Code Expressions in ASP.NET Themes

Question

Binding expressions (e.g. <%# %>) are only permitted in ASP.NET skins in a very limited manner.

It appears that only Eval(“”) statements with literal arguments are accepted.

No formatting functions or composite expressions are allowed.

Two part question:

1. How does one support Text='<%# Eval(MyEnum.FirstName) %>' inside a skin

2. How does one support Text='<%# Eval(MyEnum.FirstName) + Eval(MyEnum.LastName) %>' inside a skin

Answer 1

Will this work?

<%= MyEnum.FirstName %>

edit: hang on, that'll only work if you're outputting raw html. Is that what you're trying to achieve?

edit: Why not add a property to your MyEnum class that does your concatenation for you? Eg something like:

public string FullName { get { return FirstName + ' ' + LastName; } }

Then your binding expression could be:

<%# Eval(MyEnum.FullName) %>